“Pattern Recognition”
by William Gibson
Intriguing near-future “non-SF” combining science fictional themes and contemporary issues in truly futurismic fashion. Highly recommended.
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October 15th, 2006 at 12:58 pm
This is easily Gibson’s best book since Neuromancer.